January offers TWO chances for a new start.

In writing this from Atlanta in the midst of 'Snowpocolypse', I'm thinking about the ice melting, the chaos subsiding, people taking a deep breath and everyone looking to move forward tomorrow with a new day. Perfect timing according to the stars.

Tomorrow is not just the 2nd New Moon in January (the first was January 1) signaling a great time to start new resolutions in your life, but this moon comes the day before Venus moving forward AND Chinese New Year (both falling on January 31). I will cover the New Moon and Venus moving forward today. And tomorrow or Friday, I will offer a promise to write about the Chinese New Year. (hopefully I keep the promise!).

Let's start with this New Moon in the sign of Aquarius. Last post, I talked about the Sun in Aquarius and what qualities Aquarius brings (so check that out for more about the sign of the Water Bearer).  We are still in Aquarius season until February 18 and tomorrow the moon will be in the sign as well. The Moon is representative of our emotional nature, and a New Moon is the beginning of a fresh phase…a new start! We will be ready to move forward with the new, shed the past and start to embrace our unique vision of the future. Remember, Aquarius represents the future, one of a kind ideas and marching to the beat of your own drum. Aquarius is also humanitarian, group focused and appreciative of a social circle as opposed to the self.  I'm not sure about the whole U.S., and umm world? but here in Atlanta this city came together as a collective whole to help out fellow humans in yesterday's craziness. Maybe this quality will remain in people's minds as they move forward with the New Moon. There will be an energy of group support and love as folks choose to think differently about a situation and how to move ahead in life.

You may also hear about how this New Moon is a Supermoon. What does THAT mean? It just means that the moon will be extra close to earth. There are 2 of these Supermoons in January! (The first was on January 1st) Two new starts in one month! Powerful stuff. The moon will be closer to us and astrologists believe when the moon is closer, the effect is stronger and more potent than usual.

Alright . . . on to the next topic: Venus moves forward on January 31….two posts back I talked about how Venus has been retrograde since the end of December. We've seen Venus's darker side perhaps/ Venus being the sign of love and money, we've gone back over financial plans, heard from past loves and taken over a month to reassess issues in our minds. But January 31, this lovely goddess moves forward! It's time to take what we've learned in the retrograde and GO! Start the new job, put your financial plan into action, ride the wave of your love life with this new awareness as it moves forward. What have you learned and what will you choose to apply? Don't turn a blind eye to your lessons in love, work partnerships and money, lest you repeat them!

I am gonna steal a quote from a website www.astrology.com.  I thought this was quite insightful and don't want to mash it up.

The danger here is the illusion that by changing partners we can somehow break the pattern when in reality the saying goes, “swap the partner, keep the problem.” In that case, it might be better to take enough time to break the pattern internally before embarking on a new tryst. 

Read their whole post here:
http://www.astrology.com/move-forward-integrity-love-venus-goes-direct-capricorn/2-d-d-557885


Sage wisdom indeed. Lots of changes, challenges, new opportunities and learnings!





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Step out of the shadows

Wake up! It's time to roll out of your Christmas food coma and jump into the New Year!

We've had several weeks to shake off the winter blues and the stars are backing us up as the Sun moves into Aquarius. The Sun being in a sign is the aspect that you are most familiar with when it comes to astrology. It  is what dictates your sign. SO, every year on January 20th the Sun moves into Aquarius until February 18.  That means all the little babies born between those dates will be Aquarians  and ALSO during that time, ALL of us are effected by the energy of the Sun in Aquarius.

How does it effect us? Aquarius is futuristic, mental, connecting, and offbeat. We are ready to step out of the confining practical Sun of Capricorn and become stimulated by those around us. This is a great time to shed outdated habits, relationships and other things in your life and adopt new ways of being. We'll be able to view things from an intellectual place as opposed to emotional. AND we'll want to engage our humanitarian muscles. Volunteering, standing up for the underdog at work, however you can interpret this - it's a great time to tackle those issues.

So step up and into that idealistic, creative off beat version of yourself and make efforts to chase that version of your dream during the next month. That could be anything from wearing an outfit that's a little outside your comfort zone to presenting an idea at work that people wouldn't expect to come from you.

Embrace your inner Aquarius and make the most of the Winter blahs.


….And a bloggy shout out to brand new baby Cosby Cooper and my good friend Keely. One brand spankin' new Aquarius, one seasoned. Shall you both always embrace living on a cloud. <3









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Feely Moon / Love is revised.

Hi friends!

A heads up on a few starry aspects to pay attention to in the next few days and weeks.

First, tonight's (January 14th) full moon falls in the sign of Cancer, the sign of water, security, feelings, and intuition. With energy building toward the culmination of this full moon, the Universe is asking us to get in touch with our intuition, feelings and nurturing side. It is asking us to take a look around and begin to appreciate all the things in your life that may be nurturing your mind and soul. AND, it asking you to nurture YOURSELF by listening to your intuition and act on it.

In addition to the full moon, Venus has been in retrograde since December 21 and will remain there until January 31. What does that mean? Well you've probably heard of Mercury in retrograde which is an optical illusion with the planets where it appears a planet moves backwards in relation to the other planets. And Mercury, the planet of communications makes anything related to that go haywire, people go back over old communications, contracts and it's a bad time to start anything new and a good time to revisit old conversations.

The same applies when Venus is retrograde, but since Venus is the planet of love and money, those same rules apply to that aspect of your life. In this period you may hear from old flames, revise the dynamic of a current relationship or have muddled and unclear communication in a relationship. It's basically a bad time to start NEW and a good time to revise current things in your love and money sector. As far as your money goes, now is a good time to revisit your finances, revise your plans for the future then wait to set new plans in motion until January 31.

The reason I mention both aspects is because they don't stand alone. Multiple aspects such as this are always happening in the sky and can intersect to cause some drama.

Good luck navigating the week! Use the stars to your advantage!

Happy New Year Folks!

As you may have heard me say before, a NEW MOON is a great time to start resolutions, and there are 12 of those a year! But you non-astrologers may think the first of the year is an even better time….and usually those two things don't match up. But this year January 1st was actually on a New Moon making our new year's resolutions even more meaningful and powerful. It's been quite a few years since a New Moon fell exactly on the first day of the year. And can you believe I am 4 days late in telling you this. I hope you made some good resolutions! I totally missed the boat on this one.

It's been a busy holiday season so I am being lazy and sending you to some other sites for your New Year's astrology information. Delegating . . . 

Here are some great sites to get a feel for what 2014 may have in store for you….

Click here….

Cafe Astrology

http://www.cafeastrology.com/2014yearlyhoroscope.html

OR

Get Mobile and Download "The Daily Horoscope"app on your iPhone

And if that is too overwhelming, check out your horoscope for January 2014 to start!

www.astrologyzone.com

Happy New Year!

Big Bad Aries in this Full Moon Eclipse

In the overwhelming-ness that has been this week, I have tried to carve out some time to write a post on today's eclipse and explain away why this week has been crazy. BUT, it's just been way too crazy. I should have known. So here I squeezed in 5 minutes this morning before I hurried off to the first serious job interview I have had after 3.5 months of hunting to bring you all up to speed; then I got delayed and am squeezing in 10 more minutes in the afternoon to finish. Of course...

Today is a lunar eclipse. Two weeks from now a solar eclipse occurs....We gotta scroll back a few posts; I've explained this. Eclipses come in pairs or trios. Lunar eclipses happen at the full moon and solar eclipses happen at the new moon. Onward I go...
For reference: http://www.thefullmoonfactor.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-week-blame-eclipse-last-weekor.html

Lunar eclipses create a face off between the Sun and the Moon and their corresponding signs. It creates a push pull that may bring about a crisis and push emotions to the surface. . . a big old boil if you will. In a sometimes ugly culmination, lunar eclipses pop the boil, releasing the tension and setting about some serious change through the events of the week.

For today's eclipse, the moon is in the sign of Aries representing action / courage / risk / battle / sexuality. The Sun is in Libra representing balance / harmony / relationships. The full moon will inspire our inner Aries (reactiveness, movement) which in turn could effect our relationships (repped by Libra) - Specifically relationships can mean work relationships, intimate relationships, friendships, and family relationships. We may be inspired to take action through the energy of this moon but the Sun in Libra - the sign of the scales and balance, will ask us to integrate time to weigh options, think about the best course of action and take our time.  To give a little context, Librans are those people that make pro con lists and always are the devil's advocates. Aries folks make a decision, LIKE, NOW! Libra goes about things a totally different way than Aries...thus the conflict and push pull of this Lunar eclipse. Relationships may begin, fall way or blow up. Interpret all these descriptors and energy as you wish.

In short, look around you for people to be more emotional, more reactive, and for these things to cause shifts and evolution in your and their lives. Eclipses are course correctors and offer us an unexpected new view about alternative ways to live moving forward. But while this may seem jarring, eclipses bring about the change that we look back and on and can define as pretty significant moments in our lives.

Once in a Blue Moon.

Expect the unique with today's Blue Moon!

Usually there are three full moons each quarter, BUT when the calendar sits in such a way that there are 4 in a quarter, the 2nd one of the same sign is called a Blue Moon. See...there are 12 zodiac signs, one for each month. But today's full moon is the 2nd one this year falling while the Sun is in Leo (which is July 22-Aug 21) (the last one was July 22, 2013).
This is the Blue Moon. Does that confuse you? It's OK, I will explain what it all might mean for you....

The full moon today is in Aquarius (while the Sun is in Leo). Aquarius is the visionary of the zodiac. Aquarians are fixed and stubborn but see beyond the limits of today and represent future times, thoughts, and ideas.

Aquarians understand that our perceived reality is just an illusion. It can break open at any time and deliver us an epiphany. We all live with a false reality of what we THINK is possible and what is actually possible. Isn't that refreshing in some way?

Aquarians while futuristic are also fixed signs. This could mean they are stubborn about their own creative visions, quirky paths, or unique philosophies. They'd dig their heals in to see their visions through to creation.

Leo is the playful, warm, passionate, creative of the zodiac. It makes things an adventure.
So this full moon might bring into fruition the glimmer of our future in an adventurous playful sort of way.

Bear with me. I'm gonna throw something else at you guys. Often astrologists use Sabian Symbols to represent events in the zodiac (or more specifically the degrees of planets). They were created in the early 1900s by a psychic. The Sabian symbol for today's full moon is 'a butterfly emerging from it's chrysalis.'

So interpret that symbol for the energy the Blue Moon may bring.
Unexpected transformation.
Do you think that butterfly knew WINGS were possible? It used to look like a freaking worm.  But holy cow!  IT GOT WINGS!!! The transformation took time; it took a little 'cooking,' but what was possible for this little inch worm / caterpillar fella was beyond what might have been perceived. See how that matches up with the above explanation of Aquarius?

And of course change isn't easy. It's surprising; it's confusing; it takes adjusting.
So hang in there. Soon your reality might look very different and beautiful!

Jackpot! Jupiter!

This blog post is a bit selfish because I am writing to explain that Jupiter has now entered my astrological sign, Cancer.  What does that mean firstly for ME? And secondly for you?

Who am I kidding. I am a Cancer, of course I am going to explain how this astrological movement will help and benefit you! I care; I nurture....

Jupiter is jumbo in more than just its size. It is the planet of expansion, luck, and inspires us to push forward to our higher destiny. It expands our horizons through our experiences and the acquisition of knowledge. Jupiter is ALWAYS in the sky. I mean it isn't going anywhere but it is always moving and that means moving through different signs in the sky. And depending on which sign it is traveling through, can influence how it effects us here on earth. Like people, planets get along better with some signs than others. And Jupiter which changes signs every about every 12 months, gets along swimmingly with Cancer. Why does he get along so well with Cancer?

If Jupiter's mission above is to help us achieve emotional fulfillment, depth, and growth then he is only going to be supported in this mission by being in a sign like Cancer who's positive traits include nurturing, sensitivity, and intuition. In addition, all astrological signs are categorized into the categories of Cardinal (action - pushing forward), Fixed (growing, roots, unchanging) and Mutable (choices, flexibility). So Cancer is a Cardinal sign (unlike the other emotional water signs) which means Cancer likes to move move move and challenge us to get the ball rolling and push ahead.

Several additional notes. If you are a Cancer this is EXTRA good for you, because this luck bringing planet Jupiter is now in YOUR sign and will be bringing you great aspects for evolving and making your hopes and dreams a reality. It's also pretty darn good for other water signs - Pisces and Scorpio because those two water signs get along so well with Cancer. But really it is great for all the astrological signs in some way shape or form because when Jupiter is happy and supported up there in the sky, it is going to support all of us!

So there you have it! As of June 25, 2013 and til mid July 2014 you will have some lovely starry aspects for creating abundance in your life. I'd say "Good Luck" but Jupiter's got that covered too.